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The Arizona sentinel., 1887-08-06
IN SEARCH OF FREAKS.
Rare and UnrivaIed Combination oi
 Human Curioslties.

Rare and UnrivaIed Combination of
 Human CuriosIties.
 A gentleman of this city thinks of starting a dime museum as soon as he can obtain the following curiosities. He expects to make a fortune. He wants:
 A man who can bring proof that he has kept diary for one hundred con- secutive days.
 A man who never lost an umbrella
 A church choir tenor who never airted with the soprano.
 A third-rate actor who never boasted of his so-called 'mashes.
 A man who is so strong-ninded that he don't feel little uneasy if he sees the new moon over the wrong shoulder.
 A girl graduate whose commence ment essay was worthy of serious at- tention.
 A college graduate who does not think himself able to manage the af- fairs of the nation considerably better Gndu JuOS0 WHO are dS PAOooHO SOA uS gling with them-
 A man who, no matter how profound his learning or consistent his philoso- phy, can not be twisted around the lit- tie finger (so to speak, of any pretty woman who thinks it worth her while to trouble herself about him. A large salary will be paid this person. and he will be starred.)
 A self-made man who never studied by the light of & pine-knot
 A Pullman car porter with con- science. Fancy salary paid if exist ence of conscience can be proven-)
 A woman who, no matter how ugly she may be, does not believe the man who tells her that she is the loveliesi of her sex.
 A newly-returned European tourist who can talk about any thing except what he saw lon the other side"
 A man who can spell his own name. and yet never wrote 2 line for Pubica- ton IId-Bits
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-08-06

The New York Worlds examina- tion of the drugs sold in the metropolis reveals rather startling state of af- fairs. Of the samples analysed, bought impartially along the five avenues on the eastern and the western sides of the city, it was found that nearly forty per cent were below the legal standard of purity. The most important adulteration discovered was in the tinctures of nux vomica and opium, preparations for the ingredients of which the retail dealer is alone re- sponsible.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-08-06
PREHISTORIC FRUIT.
The Great Antiquity of the Apple, Pear,
 Grape, Walnut and Cherry.

The Great Antiquity or the Apple, Pears Grape, Walnut and Cherry.
 The botanist informs us how the prehistoric host adorned his little feast; the cates he offered his guests for grace rather than for need; the dessert he sat before wedding party. and the provender he placed before the no less joyous convival lists bidden to rejoice over the advent of a first-born! These archaic boards were not so scantily furnished as we might suppose. Fore most figured the time-honored pear and apple; the homely fruits, so dear to school-boys of all ages and all coun- tries, we now know delighted the palates of children born ere record ed history began. The prehistoric area of the apple was chiefly in the region lying between Trebizond and Gillian. The lake dwellers of Lombardy. Savoy and Switzerland made great use of apples. "They always cut them length ways and preserved them dried as a provision for the winter,' writes Decandolle in his interesting work on
 Origin of Cultivated Plants" Two varieties of apples seem to have been known to the lake dwellers before they possessed metals. Whether they ever solved the problem that hopelessly puzzled George H., and got them into dumpling archaeology does not as yet inform us. The abundance of the fruit found in prehistoric stores would seem to indicate some kind of cultiva- tion. The pear is of less frequent oc- currence, although it is found in the prehistoric dwellings of Switzerland and Italy, usually in dried state and cut lengthwise. Then, as now, there fore, the pear was a greater luxury than the apple. The abundance and variety of names testify to the very ancient existence of the latter from the Caspian Sea to the Atlantic. Philology comes largely to our aid in this in- teresting study. The more ancient and widely spread plant the more numerous its names But pre- historic diners-out possessed one LII IHe DcSG Ol dll 1IuIIS-Iue SIdpc' Seeds of the grape have been dis covered in the lake dwellings near Parma, dating from the age of bronze; also in the prehistoric settlements of Lake Varese and of Switzerland. M. Decandolle, moreover. informs us that vine leaves have been found in the tufa near Montpelier, where they were probably deposited before the histor- ical epoch, also in the same formation in Provence. Whether they combined the two we know not, but it is quite probable that wine and walnuts de- lectated the palates of primitive feast CTS. The walnut is of great antiquity. Walnut leaves have been found in the quaternary tufa of Province. and species of walnut in some of the Swiss lake dwellings. The species possesses a Sanskrit name, a fact testifying to its early cultivation in India. The tree was introduced into China about 40 B. c. Only one cherry-stone has been as yet found in any prehistoric settle ment of Italy or Switzerland, nor is the antiquity of the stratum quite certain. Chambers Journal.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-08-06
wlFELY ECONOMY.
Mrs. BIxby's Idea of Retrenchment in
 Her Household Expenses.


 Mrs. Bixby became convinced the other day that retrenchment was abso- lutely necessary in her household ex- penses.
 Business is dull" she said, 'and I must make our bills as light as possi- ble Poor husband is quite worried over our affairs. Now, how cGn save five or ten dollars, and show Mr. Bixby that women can be economical if necessary? I know" she said sud- denly, in the joyful tone of one who has had a happy thought. '1 will do without the hat I intended getting to wear with my new gray suit l can wear my black imported straw with It very well. and I will, too. Ijust must learn to economize.
 Then she put on her hat and went down town, so elated over her "clear saving of five whole dollars" that she intended walking home with Mir. Bixby at noon and telling him all about it.
 Il wonder now," she said, as she stopped before the windows of glove store, q wonder if I couldn't afford a new pair of those tan kid gloves with stitching on the back. I really need them, and I've saved five dollars by going without my hat, so-yes, I'll get them; they'll cost only two dollars" "
 Ten minutes later she stood before the ribbon counter in dry goods store.
 This ribbon is really Uery cheap" she was saying to herself, land I need a lot of ribbon awfully. I wonder if ] could afford it to-day. Let me see, l. oh, of course I can, after saving five dollars on that hat"
 And she bought ten yards of ribbon at twenty-five cents yard.
 Great Sale of Embroidery" she read on a faring placard a moment later.
 Just what I need" she said, "but I've been doing without because I wanted to economize; but I'm sure Charles couldn't say any thing if l bought little when I've saved five whole dollars"
 So she bought "a little" for $1.75. Then she got "the greatest kind of a bargain" in remnants of French Ging- ham for S1.50.
 T never would have bought it, " she said to herself, "but it was so cheap, and then I'd saved five dollars this morning"
 Before reaching her husbands office with the cheering news of her economy, she had bought four yards of lace, three of insertion, pound of candy, two col lars and pair of cuffs, pair of slip pers, two pairs of hose, haudkerehiefs. three yards of lawn, fan. bunch of roses, another pair of gloves and six linen handkerchiefs, and two neckties for Mir. Bixby.
 Then she repaired to Bixby's office with the tale of her economy, and end ed by saying:
 And here's a few little things 1 thought could afford after saving so much by going without my hat"
 Bixby asked a few questions, made rapid calculation and said in an utter ly heartless tone:
 "See here, Sally. don't you econo- mize any more. You'll break me sure if you do. You've got S16.9S worth of things already out of that five dollars, and-''
 You're just too mean for any thing, Charley BixbyT Detroit Free Press
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-08-06
VOLUME XVI.
GREAT eRANDMoTHER's LOOM.

My great-grandmother. here she sat
 At her loom and wove her web Fabrics gay in coloring-
 Till the yellow sunlight's ebb Sent the shadows shifting through Thus great-grandma used to do. High coiled hair of glossy gold,
 Tall back comb of tortoise shell; Pufied out sleeves and short cut waist
 My great-grandma was bell; That was when she went to balls Or received her evening calls. Through the sunny daylight hours,
 Like a rosebud in its bloom, Weaving, weaving busily-
 Here she sat beside her loom. Weaving web and weaving dream In the sunshines wavering beam. Fitted by the tranquil hours,
 While young man in the door CThat was my great-grandpapa)
 Told her tales of thrilling lore Tale and legend, wield and wild, While she wove, and dreamed, and smiled. Weaving stripes of blue and brown,
 Brilliant plaid and sober check; Cunning little scolding curls
 Kissed the Ehiteness of her neck. And she sat weaving here At double web I fear.
 --Hdttie Whitney, ih Good Housekeeping.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-08-06
He Refused to Pay.

''See that old fellow coming this wayP" said one of the travelling men to clerk as they were sitting together on the counter of wholesale cloth house.
 That bald-headed old manP'
 "Yes."
 Certainly see him.
 Well, I'll bet you a cigar I can tell what he wants"
 "Take the bet. What does he want''
 Mo hair, of course"
 But the clerk refused to pay the bet --MerchGrN IraveIer,
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-08-06
The stewart-Rennett Duel.

Judge Douglas said one day that the first and last duel ever fought in Ili- nois was in 1920, at Belleville, between Aiphonso Stewart and William Ben nett The seconds had made it up to be sham duel. Stewart, one of the parties, was supposed to be in the secret, but Bennett, his adversary, be- lieved it to be reality. It was sup posed that Bennett somewhat suspected trick, and after receiving his gun from his second, rolled a ball into it. At the word fire Stewart fell mortally wounded; Bennett was indicted, tried and convicted of murder. A great effort was made to procure him par don, but Governor Bond would yield to no entreaties, and Bennett suffered the extreme penalty of the law by hang ing, in the presence of a great multi tude of people. Judge Douglas gave great credit to the prosecuting attorney in the case as having prevented duel- ing in Illinois by making it a crime Ben: PerIey Poore, to Boston Budget.
 The man who propels wheel-bar-
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-08-06
NUMBER 36.
PITH AND POINT.

The young man with a slender salary should choose for his bride 8 young woman of small waste.
 London Times editorials are SO heavy that boys can't fly kites made out of that paper. Philadelphia North AmericGn.
 The parting of lady visitor and her hostess reminds one of Shak- speare's play, Much Adieu About Nothing"
 It is only question of preference whether you will leave your money when you die. or allow your money to leave you while you live.
 A full hand at poker often costs man more in twenty minutes than his subscription to the synagogue amounts to in a year. .-Hebre10 Standard.
 The baby believes in the motto. "A place for every thing and every thing in its place" and her place for every thing is her mouth. SonerUille Journal.
 A Minneapolis man has invented a dust collector, but it is hardly ex- pected that it will surpass the top sur face of a center table.-S. AI6Gns Messenger.
 'tSince he had that islander suit. Pryor has gone out of business. Brown-"Why, what was his busi- nessP" Green-''Other peoples "- ITd-BHs.
 The walters ready explanation: "How can you give out such dirty napkin as thatP' Beg pardon. sir, got folded the wrong way. sir. There, sir. hows that now?" "-Neto Age.
 The Globe's idea of reckless man is one who appears on the street with out his coat and with a lot of ten-cent cigars sticking in his vest pocket Atchisos (Kas.) Globe.
 What sort of figure has the Gushington. Jack?' Jack-'1 haven't | the faintest idea" Gus-''Why, thought you had met her?' Jack-"I have, but she had on a tailor made dress. "-M r Sun.
 -'.A good man always dies too soon." observes Buffalo paper. That may be questioned. Look around you and see how many of us old fellows are still hanging to it and growing fatter every day. Detroit Free Press.
 -Mistress-'1 am sorry to have you leave me, Mary" Mary-"And I'm sorry to go. There isn't anybody I'd sooner do a favor for" Mistress -.Ah, indeedl Then won't you be so kind as to give me a recommendation to hand to the next cook who applies?' Harper'S Bazdr.
 It Can't Be Beat
 joy uninterrupted may
 Much passive sweetness hold;
 But hasn't half the witchery
 Of wretchedness consoled.
 -Teras Siftin1s.
 -'I can not understand, my dear, why it is that you, who have such an excellent man for husband, should quarrel with him so often" Don't you? We'll, it is because he always brings me home present at night to make up SeeP"-Jtsdqe.
 -"I deeply regret It, SIT, but honor and my altered circumstances compel me to release your daughter from her engagement I can not enter your family q beggar. In the recent deal in the North End stocks lost my en- tire fortune" Not another word. my boy-not another word, I got it" -San FrdnciSco Examiner.
 What beautiful hens you have, Mrs. Stuckup." Mrs. Stuck up-"Yes. they are all imported fowls" Neighbor-"You don't tell me SO! suppose they lay eggs every dav?' Mrs. Stuckup (proudly)- "They could do so if they saw proper, but our circumstances are such that my hens are not required to lay eggs every day."-TerGs Siftipgs.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-08-06
THE POWER OF LOVE.
How Good Soldiers, Teachers, Artists and
 Workmen Are Made.

How Good Soldiers, Teachers, Artists and
 Workmen Are Made.
 No amount of pay has ever made a good soldier. good teacher. good artist or good workman. You pay your soldiers and sailors so many pence day, at which rated sum one will do good fighting for you, another bad fighting. Pay as you will, the en- tire goodness of the fighting depends always upon its being done for nothing, or rather less than nothing. in expec- tation of no pay but death. Examine the work of your spiritual teachers and you will find the statistical law. 1.-The less pay the better work. ." Ex- anime also your writers and artists; for ten pounds you shall have Para disc Lost" and for plate of figs Durer drawing; but for a million of money sterling, neither Exam inc your men of science: paid by starvation, Kepler will discover the laws of the orbs of the heaven for you; and, driven out to die in the street, Swammerdam shall discover the laws of life for you-such hard terms do they make with you, these brutish men, who can only be had for hire?
 Neither is good work ever done for hatred any more than hire, but for love only. For love of their country, or their leader, or their duty, men fight steadily, but for massacre and plunder feebly. Your signal, Eng land expects every man to do his duty" they will answer; your signal of black flag and deaths head they will not answer. And, verify, they will answer it no more in commerce than in battle. The cross bones will not make a good shop sign, you will find ultimately, any more than a good battle standard. Not the cross-bones, 1.,,t AL
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-08-06

We hear a good deal of its rainin' pitchforks. but the price of pitchforks haint fallen any on that account as yit
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-08-06

The man who propels a wheel-bar- row sees his work ahead of him all the time, Boston Courier.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-08-06
Confessors in the Profession.
Philadelphia Call.

There is an old saying that priests, lawyers and doctors ought to know human nature, since to no other men is human nature so much revealed. There are few men who will lie to a priest, and not many more who will deceive lawyer. In the first case lying imperils the soul, and in the sec- ond case the pocket. It must be cu- rious experience for young lawyer to undergo the first time he hears his client confess to murder, while it is the lawyers province to convince the jury of his innocence. hear that law yers get to enjoy that sort of thing after awhile, and, like Ben Butler, pre- fer to know that their client is guilty.
 Doctors also act as confessors to a great many people who, not being Catholics, have no priest to confide in, and are not guilty enough to confide in lawyer. Doctors are pretty good listeners, as a rule, although they don't give much advice except in a professional way, and are more inter- ested in the bodily welfare of their patients than in their past peccadil- loes.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-08-06
Both For the Price of One.

We have made arrangements with the publishers by which we can fur nish the popular St. Louis Magazine with THE ARKANsAw TRAVELLER at the low price of two dollars and ten cents a year for both publications. The price of THE TRAVELLER alone is two dollars year, and for only ten cents more you may procure both TRAVELLER and Mogazine. Subscrip- tions, accompanied by two dollars and ten cents, may be sent to St. Louis Magaziae, 21S N. Eighth st., St. Louis, Mo-, or, Read & Benham Publishers of THE ARKANsAw TlsAv- ELER, 7s Calumet building, Chicago, Ill.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-08-06
A Victim of the Drought.
Detroit Free Press.

On the ever glorious Fourth con- tiding shopkeeper on Michigan Grand avenue mixed up tub full of lemon ade and took his seat behind it, with the exclamation to the public:
 "Nice cool lemonade and the old- fashioned tin dipper Come and drink all you can hold for five cents ri He was speedily patronized, but the tenth or eleventh man who came up was negro. He was built with a basement and bay window, and he had a mouth on him which would take in Billy Kersands' whole head.
 "How much for five cents?" he care lcssly inquired.
 "All you want"
 No chokin' off:"
 ''No, sir. Pick up the dipper and drink away"
 The stranger put down his nickel and took off his hat and drank full quart. Then he uttered long drawn "y-u-m!" and took off his coat and got away with two more dippers.
 "IIain't you about full?" anXiously inquired the owner of the tub.
 "Purty full, but not quite, sah."
 Off went the vest, and the dippel was filled and emptied three times with only a breath between.
 "Say! you've got away with a whole gallon!" called the lemonade man as a thunder cloud worked along his brow.
 ''I specks hey, sah, but dar was to be no chokin' off. All desc gem'len heard de bargain"
 He sat down on a barrel, removed his shoes, crossed his legs, and it did seem as if he imbibed another gallon before he let up long enough to remark
 "Does seem powerful good to hev Fo'th O July come again."
 "Say, man, do you propose to empty the tub?"
 "Can't say, sah. Reckon Pll put il about an hour mo heah."
 Are you hog or a man?"
 "A man moas' allus, but when strikes snap like dis kin drap few pegs. Please stir up da: mixture, tui Pm awful dry againw
 "Pll be hanged if do! How much to quit?"
 "Fifty cents, sah."
 "I'll give you thirty"
 The negro swallowed another pint explained that he had been dry fol six weeks, and he finally took thirty cents, six pieces of lemon and chunk of ice and agreed to haul off, saying to the crowd:
 "Gem'len, I reckon Fse got to fill up de rest of de space wid cPar water an if any of you kin tell me whar dal is hydrant open shall be greatly obleeged."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-08-06
A Cheap Pair of Pictures.

For forty cents we will mail, post paid, to any address, the splendid col ored engravings, the "Arkansaw Trav- eler" and The Turn of the Tune; !" also, without extra charge, the orig inal story of the " "Arkansaw Traveller , as told by Colonel Sandy Faulkner, and the music of the "Arkansaw Trav- eler" arranged for the piano. The pictures are gotten up in the highest style of art and possessing such his- torical interest they should have a place in every household. Postage stamps taken. Address Read & Ben ham, 7s Calumet Bldg, Chicago, III
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-08-06

Those who desire good new music, either for voice or piano, will well come the following named pieces Pride of Bay Ridge Polka" (S0 cts. ), "At Morn," (Au Matin), by Goddard, (4O cts.), Unique Schottische," by Christie, (30 cts.), "Massa's in the Cold Ground"-the old melody, ar- ranged tor the mandolin, (25 cts.) Fishing" by Marchant, (25 cts ), "To Horsew by Kobbe, (35 cts. }, "The Eyes of Heaven," by Maud V. White, (25 ots.), "One Love Have l." by Cowen, (S5 cts.) Any of these pieces of music sent to any address on receipt of price, by Oliver Ditson & Co.,, Boston, Mass.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-08-06

Deliberate Meanness. Chicago Belle -"In Omaha miss that open- handed generosity so noticeable in Chicago" {"
 Omaha Girl-"I haven't heard any such criticism before"
 Chicago Belle-"Oh, the people are so petty about things. Why, at the hotel where am stopping they actu- ally seem afraid of wearing out their property. At lunch the waiter brought nothing but fork and looked amazed when asked for knife"
 Omaha Girl-"What had you or dered?"
 Chicago Belle - "Pie.n - Omaha Fossd.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-08-06
An exchange finds fault with robi

An exchange finds fault with robin- redbreast, because the bird visits the editors cherry tree. In the interest of fair play and in justice to robin- redbreast, we desire to remind our esteemed contemporary that the bird goes to the tree in search of worms. It the worm cannot be got at without destroying the cherry in which it is enfolded, robin redbreast is not to blame. Boston Transcript
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-08-06

Wouldn't it be about the best thing that could happen to you if, at the end of six months, you should find yourself the possessor of & first-class business or short hand education9 If you answer in the affirmative, we would advise you to go to Judd's Col lege of Commerce, 116 Monroe street, Chicago, where you will find prac- ticai business school conducted by ex- perienced teachers.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-08-06
..'ao Heal Thyself."

French Lick and West Baden Springs, located eighty miles north west of Louisville, on the "Monon Route." The cures effected by using these waters, even in the most severe cases of Scrofula, Bright's Disease or Rheumatism, are immediate and last ing. For analysis, illustrated pam- phlets, etc., address E. O. Mccormick, General Passenger Agent, Adams Ex- press Building, Chicago.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-08-06

Temperance" says an esteemed contemporary, "puts coal on the fire" Away with temperance for the next four months, then! What we want now is something that puts ice on Brooklyn EaqLe.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-08-06

No Buffet should be without bot tie of Angestura Bitters, the world renowned appetizer and invigorator of exquisite flavor, endorsed by the medical profession for it's wonderful restoratave power. maX .5a .soaa6a
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-08-06
Companion Pictures.

The historical pictures of the "Ark- ansaw Traveller" and "The Turn of the Tune," together with the original dialogue and music of the "Arkansaw Traveller" mailed to any address on receipt of forty cents. Read < Ben- ham, 78 Calumet Bldg, Chicago, Ill.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-08-06

Thos. H. Whipple, for years super intendent of Turtles Detective Agency, now principal of Whipple's Secret Service,g'5l Bryan Blk, l64- 179 La Salle street, Chicago, invites friends and patrons to call ff ~
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-08-06

The Rochester Adrertiser offers Hen- ry George a' farm free gratis if he will move on and work it. But Henry George won't do it. He is making far more money with his mouth than he could with his rnuscle.-D Detroit Free Press. .4s4a r,rei.al se ase,
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-08-06

Henry George says men cannot own land because they did not create it, and the Omaha World adds that George therefore has no right to hia head, because he did not make 1t. This relieves Henry of fearful TO- sponsibility.-NorrIstosca Herald.